by Christina | Oct 8, 2010 | gratitude |
It started when my husband was diagnosed. My best friends provided for me to go to a ladies retreat. I think it saved my life. The speaker, Rachel Carmen, said “Write down all the ‘Plagues of Your Life’ that God has carried you through.” ...
by Christina | Sep 17, 2010 | charity, children, faith, homeschool |
She picked a really good book from the library this week. I am amazed at how so many things I have encountered and observed this last week, month, and the last of summer worked together and pointed in the same direction as the week unfolded. And it all was revealed...
by Christina | Sep 9, 2010 | children, homeschool |
Our Preschool adventures….. B is for…. …Butterflies and Being Blind and Bubbles B is for Bounty and Baskets and Beach B is for Baking Outside… ………. and beans, breakfast, beef jerky, biscuits, bacon, bread, and brownies. ...
by Christina | Aug 31, 2010 | faith, family, nature |
None of us wanted it to end. ….Sandy toes-es and sunburned noses…. Active days in the wind and sand and sun passed quickly. Captivated by the water, the kids would sometimes go too deep or drift too far. We would reign them in and look after each other....
by Christina | Aug 11, 2010 | children |
Or you’ll miss it. It isn’t about the tea. But it is. The giggles shared with a friend, pinkies in the air, sugar and cream, being four……… ……the memories……. Little girls won’t last long. Neither do these...
by Christina | Jul 29, 2010 | art, homeschool |
Picture Study with Photography “We cannot measure the influence that one artist or another has on the child’s sense of beauty, upon his power of seeing, as in a picture, the common sight of life…” —Charlotte Mason These are picture studies we did in...
by Christina | Jul 5, 2010 | children |
Our new window left some unused wood in the yard. I painted….. and watched through the window when I heard the hammering. Concentration and pure happiness…. They really did a fine job. They worked all day. Summer is for building….....
by Christina | Jul 1, 2010 | encouragement, faith, organized |
I never have been very good at waiting. I can be impatient, I talk fast, and I multi- task….or try to. Hurrying has become a bad habit. As I am growing older, I am learning some things about this, though. It has really been on my heart lately. Two years...
